5,384 Quotes About Action

The size of the tree you cut determines the weight with which you have to throw the axe.

You will find that people will always have opinions about your decisions. Don’t take it personally, it’s simply because they're not courageous enough to take action in their own lives. Be a leader in your life and pay no mind to those who lack the courage to do the same in theirs.

It’s very difficult to follow our dreams, but it’s even more difficult to forget them.

I just think of people," she continued, "whether they seem right where they are and fit into a picture. I don't mind if they don't do anything. I don't see why they should; in fact it always astonishes me when people do anything.

The farther you go, however, the harder it is to return. The world has many edges, and it's easy to fall off.

You may have come to advocacy on your own, it may be part of your job or you may have been asked to “put a face” on a campaign by serving as its spokesperson. You may be acting as a lone crusader or as part of a larger advocacy effort. Either way, you share an objective with all other advocates: to have your story move audiences from apathy to empathy to action.

Tyrannies are perpetuated by diffident men who do not possess the courage to act out their beliefs.

Fortune favors the bold, brave, and strong. If perfect and complete knowledge of a thing is your precondition for action, then the market will have already been filled and you’ll be behind the competition.

Your identity lies not in your name or your background, but in your actions.